“While we were on the show, she had a boyfriend, so she was cool,” he said. “So, I mean, I guess she just became freaky, you know what I’m saying? I guess the inner freak just came out of her or something, but I don’t know, man.”

Jones added that he's not sure if the allegations against Mack are true, but said he's hopeful she can manage to get bak on solid ground.

“Hopefully everybody involved is OK, and hopefully she bounces back from it,” he said.

NXIVM has been accused of forcing women into sex acts with leader Keith Raniere, and Raniere was arrested in March on sex-trafficking charges.

“Working for JNess is the most gratifying thing I’ve ever done,” she said. “It’s the most challenging because it consists of working with a group of people who are interdependent. No one is ever punished or told that they’re wrong or they’re bad.”